Heads up to those who go and scoop NCAA 06 from other places besides Fry's. I went to Best Buy and they price matched and gave me the 37.99 price.
I went there @ 1:30 PM and they had a bunch in the video game section. It was in alpha order... I hate Fry's "salespeople". Most are freaking clueless. 41.xx w/ tax is an awesome price for this game.
Alright....laid a nice 42-17 butt-whipping on THE ohio state U. in my first full game on All-American mode at the Horseshoe. Selvin was OK, but I would bring in Ramonce here and there and do some damage with his speed. Also, Vince had trouble with the short passes, but he completed some HUGE bombs to Shipley and Sweed. Wow, the Texas D-line is insane. I had 5 sacks and 5 hurries I believe. All in all, a great team to play with, especially with Vince's running ability. Anyone else have a reaction so far? Any funny or interesting game stories?
Yeah you can. Order it from DVDPlanet for $34.97 with free shipping. Of course, I have to wait 8-10 days before it gets shipped to me...
anyone play with usc yet? are they gonna be a team no one is allowed to pick when you play with someone else?
Yah also played with Texas against Ohio State but on Heisman mode and dominated. It's hard to not run with Vince every play but you have to protect him from injuries at all costs. Also threw some pretty passes deep. As far as defense goes fast all around. Fun game overall.
gripes: -the running controls suck. absolutely suck. i miss the 2005 controls (and no, the 2005 controls you can change to in the settings menu are not the real thing). it's going to take a long time to get used to this. -U of H's uniforms are completely screwed up.. ALL red? BLUE pants?! Even the "UH" on the sleeve is BACKWARDS.. we're not "HU". It's a total joke, like some intern slapped this together at 3 AM the night it was due.. but hey, that's college, right? The thing that bothers me most about this is that in 2005 they had them almost right, and now they're completely screwed up. How can you go from decent to horrible? I'll think of more soon I'm sure.
Well, this is EA that you're talking about. I wouldn't put it past them to put out a horrible product.
maybe a couple of their star programmers went down with carpal tunnel and they had to sub in those crappy interns.
I can't wait to get the game and see what Jordan Plamer can do to HU...err, HU's defense... Edit: And you stole my blue and orange sig!
I've been playing all night. It's kind of hard to get into without a memory card (which is hopefully on the way back to me from DT Lindner by now) so all I did was play a couple of games and play the 'drills'. I guided Sam Houston State to an upset win over UH. Just a sign of things to come on Sept 10th, Coog fans. Looks like OU transfer QB Noah Allen is going to pick right up where Dustin Long left off last year. -Not sure what you guys are talking about the new running controls. It felt the same as 2005 to me. -The colors seem a lot brighter to me. They really stick out more than the other games. -All the stadiums looked the same. I thought they were going to update them. -WHY did they keep that stupid mascot game???? Does anyone actually play that??? They should have left it off and put the I-AA conferences in it's place. Not much else to say because I can't really get into the game until I get my memory card back.
Yeah, I haven't seen a problem with the running game at all either. It feels pretty sharp to me - better, in fact, than 2005. At least, the XBOX version anyway.
1. The right trigger is now stiff arm, instead of left trigger. 2. The right trigger is no longer "juke" move. 3. The left trigger is now useless except when "taunting" in conjunction with the right thumbstick. 4. The right thumbstick now controls the juke, plow, and stutter step moves. (left or right = juke, forward = plow, back = stutter step) About the only things the same as last years game are Y being hurdle, A being sprint, and B being spin move.
Anybody doing the Race for the Heisman. I made myself as scrambling QB, got offers from LSU, Tenn, and FL St. My overall ranking is 80..whats yours?
Sam Houston doesn't have a chance in that game, bottom line. Their talent at every position is inferior to the Cougars. UH will win by at least 30.
I made an RB who did his drills nearly perfect at the scouting combine. I'm a 6'1", 230lbs power back named Snoop Jackson (his character model looks like he just got out of prison) who signed on with #3 Iowa. My overall ranking as a freshman is 83. Unfortunately I lost my opening game to BALL STATE of all things because I was still getting used to the crap controls. And my girlfriend is hella ugly..
Ahhh...I thought you meant the 'running game', as in the gameplay mechanics. Yeah, the controls are different. Personally, though, I think they are great. Using the right stick for the juke moves with the button combination feels a lot smoother. Again, though, this is for the XBOX version. IMO the XBOX sticks are much more responsive than the PS2 ones.
I didn't see any of the uniform stuff you are talking about as I played about 5 games last night. Maybe you picked an alternate jersey. I know that there was a Blue jersey that was going to be worn 2 years ago, that never saw the light of day. Maybe this is a sign of things to come this season. Anyway, I like the game. It is alot of fun this year. Last year was full of problems, seems they fixed the problems and then added a ton load of fun to the game again. I can't wait to get the names file so I can start my dynasty and import players into Madden!
